Example sentences of "if not [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposed broadening of the granting of investment aids for the purpose of protecting and improving the environment ( part of Article 3 ) is to be welcomed although it does not appear to square with the basic investment aid objectives of such plans because it appears to mean that environmental investment per se will qualify for support , even if not part of an agricultural improvement . |
| 2 | First we may consider the phrase : ( 25 ) acrobatic performance In the light of the discussion above we may remark that this can be understood in either of two ways : first , as covering any performance which is so described because it is linked with the idea of an acrobat in the execution of his or her professional duties ; this would include expertise in juggling , tightrope walking , standing on one 's hands , and so on , even if they are performed by an amateur lacking any natural talent for the task ; second , ( 25 ) may be used to designate any performance which is acrobatic in itself , even if not part of the normal repertoire of acrobats , for instance , grabbing hold of a branch growing out from a cliff just after falling from the top . |
| 3 | The generally utilitarian function , if not rationale of medieval universities ( Cobban 1975 ) , is acknowledged even by those such as Veblen ( 1957 , p. 3 ) , who argued that the best principles for academic endeavour are ‘ an Idle curiosity , and the Instinct of Workmanship ’ , and provides ammunition for Bell ( 1971 ) and others who contend that the liberal tradition is based largely on an historical myth . |
| 4 | Born , apparently , in 1890 in Nghe An province of central Vietnam , Ho 's father was at least an acquaintance if not friend of the veteran nationalist Phan Boi Chau . |
| 5 | There was increasing pressure from other European countries for access to EC markets if not membership of the EC [ see below ] . |